I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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More Al Pacino Quotes
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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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I just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she’s adjusted so marvelously.
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I thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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Read it to the class and then afterward we would talk and I would answer questions. It was really a way of expressing and finding out about where I was at that particular time, so it was very therapeutic for me.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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So that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s wild turf up there.
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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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When you’re reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call “taking up with a writer,” something happens.
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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I’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
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So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
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